問22
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企業の活動a～dのうち，コンプライアンスの確立に関するものだけを全て挙げたものはどれか。 a 芸術や文化活動を支援する。 b 従業員に対して行動規範の教育を行う。 c 地球の砂漠化防止の取組みを行う。 d 内部通報の仕組みを作る。
平成27年度 春期 ITパスポート試験 問22
ストラテジ系法務 › その他の法律・ガイドライン・情報倫理
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解説
問 22
Incorrectア
Item b is correct, but a, “support arts and cultural activities,” is a social contribution activity known as mécénat (corporate patronage of the arts), whose purpose differs from building a system for observing laws and rules. As soon as a is included, the option fails the condition of listing only compliance-related items.
Incorrectイ
Both a (mécénat, support for arts and culture) and c (preventing desertification of the earth, i.e., an environmental protection activity) are corporate social responsibility (CSR) / social contribution efforts, not compliance efforts. This option contains no compliance-related item at all, so it is clearly wrong.
- ウ
正解 Compliance means that a company puts in place a system for observing the rules it must follow — laws and regulations, internal company rules, and business ethics. Option b, “provide employees with education on the code of conduct,” is a measure that makes all employees aware of and understand the rules they must follow, and it is a typical preventive compliance measure that stops violations before they happen. Option d, “set up an internal whistleblower (reporting) system,” means providing a channel through which employees can safely report wrongdoing or legal violations that have occurred (or are about to occur) inside the company; it also matches the purpose of the Whistleblower Protection Act and serves to detect and correct violations early. In other words, “prevention through education” and “detection and correction through reporting” are the two wheels at the core of establishing compliance, and only b and d qualify. Therefore the correct answer is ウ (b, d).
Incorrectエ
Item d is correct, but c, “take measures to prevent desertification of the earth,” is an environmental-protection social contribution activity, not an activity that builds a system for observing laws and internal rules. Because it includes c, it cannot be the option that lists only compliance-related items.
ここがポイント
- Compliance (observing laws and regulations) = building a system for following laws and regulations, internal company rules, and business ethics. Its two representative pillars are “establishing a code of conduct and educating employees on it” and “an internal whistleblower system (the Whistleblower Protection Act sets out protection for whistleblowers).”
- Mécénat (support for arts and culture), philanthropy, and environmental protection activities fall into the CSR / social contribution category; memorize them as distinct from compliance. For “list all and only the applicable items” type questions, first sort each item one by one into its category, then narrow down the options on that basis.
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